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- the present invention relates to a test cell structure and a display panel including the test cell structure, and more particularly, to a test cell structure and a display panel including the test cell structure that are capable of providing the defect test function of the conductive lines both in the peripheral region and in the display region simultaneously.
- a display panel includes a plurality of pixel and a plurality of conductive lines for sending signals to the pixels in order to display images.
- the conventional test method is to dispose shorting lines that are electrically connected to the conductive lines in the peripheral region of the display panel, and to cut out the shorting lines by laser after the defect test process such that the display panel can operate normally.
- the aforementioned conventional test method has the disadvantage that the additional cutting process of the shorting lines cannot be omitted and the shorting lines that cannot be reused after the cutting process still occupy a certain space of the display panel.
- the line distances between the conductive lines are decreased near the chip, the space near the chip is not enough of other test devices with the same numbers of the conductive lines.
- test cell structure and a display panel including the test cell structure that the test cell structure includes first test transistors and second test transistors located indifferent areas of the display panel respectively in order to provide the function of testing the defects of the conductive lines in the peripheral region and in the display region simultaneously.
- the present invention provides a test cell structure of a display panel, which is disposed at least in the peripheral region of the display panel, wherein the peripheral region is at least disposed at one side of the display region of the display panel, a plurality of first conductive lines and a plurality of second conductive lines extend from the display region to the peripheral region, and the amount of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines are the same.
- the test cell structure of the present invention includes a plurality of first test transistors disposed in a first test area, a plurality of second test transistors disposed in a second test area, and a plurality of first shorting bars. The first test transistors have drains electrically connected to the first conductive lines respectively.
- the first test transistors have sources electrically connected to the first shorting bars respectively.
- the second test transistors have sources electrically connected to the drains of the first test transistors respectively.
- the second test transistors have drains electrically connected to the second conductive lines respectively.
- the first test area is located between the second test area and the display region.
- the present invention further provides a display panel that has a display region and a peripheral region.
- the display panel includes a plurality of the aforementioned test cell structures and a pixel array and a chip.
- the test cell structures are disposed side by side in the peripheral region.
- the pixel array is disposed in the display region.
- the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines are electrically connected to the pixel array, and the chip is electrically connected to the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic equivalent circuit diagram of the display panel including the test cell structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the test cell structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the display panel including a chip according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the test cell structure and the display panel according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic equivalent circuit diagram of the display panel including the test cell structures according to a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the test cell structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein the detailed structure design and relative positions of the main elements of the present embodiment test cell structure are shown in FIG. 2
- the present embodiment provides a display panel 100 and a test cell structure 10 thereof.
- the display panel 100 includes a substrate 106 , wherein a display region 102 and a peripheral region 104 are defined thereon, and the peripheral region 104 is at least disposed at one side of the display region 102 . As shown in FIG.
- the peripheral region 104 of this embodiment is positioned below the display region 102 , but not limited thereto.
- the display panel 100 further includes a plurality of first conductive lines 108 and a plurality of second conductive lines 110 disposed on the substrate 106 , extending from the display region 102 to the peripheral region 104 .
- the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 extend along the direction in parallel with the first direction Y.
- the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 have the same numbers.
- the display panel 100 may further include a plurality of third conductive lines 120 that extend along a second direction X in the display region 102 .
- the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 are data lines and the third conductive lines 120 are scan lines, thus the third conductive lines 120 cross each of the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 to define out a plurality of pixel areas (or called as sub-pixel areas) and the pixels 122 are disposed in the pixel areas respectively, but not limited thereto.
- the display panel 100 includes a pixel array that has a plurality of pixels 122 , electrically connected to the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 .
- the display panel 100 of this embodiment is a liquid crystal (LC) display panel, wherein each pixel 122 includes a thin film transistor 116 and an LC capacitor 118 .
- the LC capacitor 118 may be composed of a common electrode, a pixel electrode and an insulating layer disposed therebetween (not shown in the figure).
- a common voltage is applied to the common electrode.
- the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the drain of the corresponding thin film transistor 116 .
- the pixels 122 are used for producing red light, blue light or green light respectively, but not limited thereto.
- the display panel 100 may be other types of display panels, and the elements included by the pixels 122 are not limited to the above descriptions.
- the display panel 100 further includes a line fan-out area 112 and a chip disposition area 114 disposed in the peripheral region 104 , wherein the chip disposition area 114 is the area where the chip is predetermined to be disposed, and the line fan-out area 112 is located between the chip disposition area 114 and the display region 102 .
- the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 extend from the display region 102 to the peripheral region 104 , passing through the line fan-out area 112 and entering the chip disposition area 114 .
- the connecting pads 124 near the display region 102 are output connecting pads, each of which is electrically connected to one of the first conductive lines 108 or one of the second conductive lines 110 for outputting signals of the chip to the corresponding first conductive line 108 or the second conductive line 110 .
- the connecting pads 126 farther from the display region 102 are input connecting pads for delivering external control signals to the chip.
- any two adjacent first conductive lines 108 and/or second conductive lines 110 are parallel to each other in the display region 102 by a constant line distance (or called line spacing), for example.
- the line distances of the portions of the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 positioned in the line fan-out area 112 are gradually reduced from the side of the line fan-out area 112 near the display region 102 to the side of the line fan-out area 112 near the chip disposition area 114 , as shown in FIG. 2 .
- the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 are arranged side by side and not parallel to each other.
- the portions of the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 disposed in the chip disposition area 114 are parallel to each other again, while the line distances between adjacent conductive lines are much smaller than those in the display region 102 .
- the line distances of any adjacent two of the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 in the display region 102 are 20 to 40 micrometers, deemed as the pixel pitch, and the line distances between the first conductive lines 108 and/or the second conductive lines 110 in the chip disposition area 114 may be 10 to 15 micrometers, deemed as the pad pitch.
- the test cell structure 10 of the present embodiment is disposed in the peripheral region 104 of the display panel 100 for testing if there are conductive line defects in the display panel 100 .
- the test to the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 will be described as an example.
- the display panel 100 of this embodiment includes a plurality of test cell structures 10 sequentially arranged side by side in the peripheral region 104 .
- FIG. 1 only illustrates two test cell structures 10 , while the relative positions and connections of each element of the test cell structure 10 may be referred to FIG. 2 .
- the test cell structure 10 of the present embodiment includes the first test area 12 and the second test area 14 , and may selectively further include the first shorting bar area 16 and the second shorting bar area 20 .
- the first test area 12 is positioned between the second test area 14 and the display region 102 .
- the first shorting bar area 16 is positioned between the first test area 12 and the second test area 14 .
- the second shorting bar area 20 is positioned at the outer side of the second test area 14 , which means the second test area 14 is positioned between the second shorting bar area 20 and the first test area 12 .
- the second test area 14 and the second shorting bar area 20 are disposed in the chip disposition area 114 of the display panel 100 , but not limited thereto.
- one single test cell structure 10 includes a plurality of first test transistors 22 , a plurality of first shorting bars 26 and a plurality of second test transistors 24 disposed in the first test area 12 , the first shorting bar area 16 and the second test area 14 respectively, wherein the first test transistors 22 and the second test transistors 24 may be, for instance, thin film transistors, whose film-stacked structures maybe similar to the thin film transistors 116 in the pixels 122 .
- the first test transistors 22 are preferably positioned between the second test transistors 24 and the display region 102 .
- test cell structure 10 of this embodiment may further selectively include a first test gate line 30 and a second test gate line 32 disposed in the first test area 12 and the second test area 14 respectively, wherein portions of the first test gate line 30 and the second test gate line 32 respectively serve as the gates of the first test transistor 22 and the second test transistor 24 respectively.
- each of the first test transistors 22 includes a source 221 , a drain 222 , a semiconductor channel layer 223 and a gate (a portion of the first test gate line 30 ), wherein the drain 222 of each first test transistor 22 is electrically connected to the corresponding first conductive line 108 , and the source 221 of each first test transistor 22 is electrically connected to the corresponding first shorting bar 26 .
- each of the second test transistors 24 includes a source 241 , a drain 242 , a semiconductor channel layer 243 and a gate (a portion of the second test gate line 32 ), wherein the source 241 of each second test transistor 24 is electrically connected to the drain 222 of the corresponding first test transistor 22 , and each drain 242 is electrically connected to the second conductive line 110 .
- the test cell structure 10 may selectively further include a plurality of second shorting bars 28 . Each of the second shorting bars 28 electrically connects the drain 242 of the corresponding second test transistor 24 and the corresponding second conductive line 110 , or electrically connects the drain 222 of the corresponding first test transistor 22 and the source 241 of the corresponding second test transistor 24 .
- drains 242 of some second test transistors 24 are electrically connected to their corresponding second conductive lines 110 through their corresponding second shorting bars 28
- drains 222 of some first test transistors 22 are electrically connected to the sources 241 of their corresponding second test transistors 24 through their corresponding second shorting bars 28 .
- the relative electric connections of the elements of the test cell structure 10 will be further described in the following.
- the first one to the third one of the first conductive lines 108 from the left side in FIG. 2 are represented by the numerals 108 a , 108 b , 108 c respectively
- the first one to the third one of the second conductive lines 110 from the left side in FIG. 2 are represented by the numerals 110 a , 110 b , 110 c respectively.
- the first conductive line 108 a is the most left (the 1 st left) first conductive line 108 of the test cell structure 10 ; the first conductive line 108 b is the second left (the 2 nd left) first conductive line of the test cell structure 10 , etc.
- the 1 st left first conductive line 108 a and the 1 st left second conductive line 110 a are respectively corresponding to the pixels 122 for producing the first kind of three primary lights, such as red light;
- the 2 nd left first conductive line 108 b and the 2 nd left second conductive line 110 b are respectively corresponding to the pixels 122 for producing the second kind of three primary lights, such as green light;
- the 3 rd left first conductive line 108 c and the 3 rd left second conductive line 110 c are respectively corresponding to the pixels 122 for producing the third kind of three primary lights, such as blue light.
- both the 1 st left first conductive line 108 a and the 1 st left second conductive line 110 a with the first order are corresponding to the pixels 122 that produce the same color light
- both the first conductive line 108 b and the second conductive line 110 b with the second order are corresponding to the pixels 122 that produce the same color light
- both the first conductive line 108 c and the second conductive line 110 c with the third order are corresponding to the pixels 122 that produce the same color light, but not limited thereto.
- first shorting bars 26 corresponding and electrically connected to the first conductive lines 108 a , 108 b , 108 c are respectively represented by the numerals 26 a , 26 b , 26 c from top to bottom
- the second shorting bars 28 corresponding and electrically connected to the first conductive lines 108 a , 108 b , 108 c are respectively represented by the numerals 28 a , 28 b , 28 c from top to bottom
- the first test transistors 22 corresponding and electrically connected to the first conductive lines 108 a , 108 b , 108 c are respectively represented by the numerals 22 a , 22 b , 22 c from left to right.
- the second conductive lines 110 a , 110 b , 110 c are respectively corresponding to and electrically connected to the 1 st left second test transistor 24 a , the 2 nd left second test transistor 24 b and the 3 rd left second test transistor 24 c .
- the drain 222 of the first test transistor 22 a is electrically connected to the first conductive line 108 a and to the source 241 of the second test transistor 24 a at the same time, wherein the drain 222 of the first test transistor 22 a is electrically connected to the source 241 of the second test transistor 24 a by the first conductive line 108 a that extends downward, passing through the line fan-out area 112 and entering the second test area 14 , while the drain 242 of the second test transistor 24 a is electrically connected to the second shorting bar 28 a and further electrically connected to the 1 st left second conductive line 110 a through the second shorting bar 28 a .
- the second conductive line 110 a is corresponding to the first conductive lines 108 a .
- the first test transistor 22 a and the second test transistor 24 a can be turned on at the same time by providing switch voltages to the first test gate line 30 and the second test gate line 32 respectively and providing a test signal to the first shorting bar 26 a .
- the test signal is delivered through the drain 222 of the first test transistor 22 a to the first conductive line 108 a and the source 241 of the second test transistor 24 a , passing through the drain 242 of the second test transistor 24 a and the second shorting bar 28 a and then to the corresponding second conductive line 110 a .
- the defect exists in the portion of the first conductive line 108 a positioned from the first test transistor 22 a to the display region 102 .
- the defect may exist in the portion of the second conductive line 110 a positioned in the display region 102 or in the line fan-out area 112 , or exist in the portion of the first conductive line 108 a positioned in the line fan-out area 112 .
- the drain 222 of the first test transistor 22 b is electrically connected to the first conductive line 108 b and electrically connected to the second shorting bar 28 b by the first conductive line 108 b that extends downward to sequentially pass through the line fan-out area 112 and the second test area 14 and enter the second shorting bar area 20 .
- the drain 222 of the first test transistor 22 b is further electrically connected to the source 241 of the second test transistor 24 b through the second shorting bar 28 b .
- the drain 242 of the second test transistor 24 b is electrically connected to its corresponding second conductive line 110 b , the 2 nd left one.
- the second conductive line 110 b is corresponding to the first conductive line 108 b . It should be noted that the subjects the source 241 and drain 242 of the second test transistor 24 b electrically connected to are different from those of the second test transistor 24 a .
- the first test transistor 22 b and the second test transistor 24 b can be turned on at the same time by respectively providing switch voltages to the first test gate line 30 and the second test gate line 32 and providing the test signal to the first shorting bar 26 b such that the test signal can be delivered to the first conductive line 108 b and the second shorting bar 28 b from the drain 222 of the first test transistor 22 b , and then to the source 241 of the second test transistor 24 b through the second shorting bar 28 b .
- the second test transistor 24 b is turned on, its drain 241 can receive the test signal and then further deliver it to the second conductive line 110 b .
- the defect exists in the portion of the first conductive line 108 b positioned from the first test transistor 22 a to the display region 102 .
- the defect may exist in the portion of the second conductive line 110 b in the display region 102 or in the line fan-out area 112 , or the defect may exist in the portion of the first conductive line 108 b in the line fan-out area 112 .
- the relative electrical connection of the 3 rd left first conductive line 108 c and its corresponding elements of the test cell structure 10 in this embodiment is similar to that of the 1 st left first conductive line 108 a , thus further detailed description will not be provided redundantly.
- the first test transistors 22 and each of the second test transistors 24 are corresponding to one first conductive line 108 and one second conductive line 110 respectively, the first test transistors 22 and the second test transistors 24 have the same numbers as the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 that are predetermined to be tested in the same single test cell structure 10 .
- the numbers of the first shorting bars 26 and the second shorting bars 28 are also the same as the numbers of the first test transistors 22 in the same single test cell structure 10 .
- the display panel 10 may include a plurality of the test cell structure 10 of this embodiment at the same time and the first shorting bars 26 may be common for all the test cell structures 10 , such that the total amount of the first shorting bars 26 are only three in the display panel 100 of this embodiment, which is equal to the amount of the first test transistors 22 in each test cell structure 10 .
- all the test cell structures 10 has three second shorting bars 28 respectively, and therefore the total amount of the second shorting bars 28 in the display panel 100 is greater than the total amount of the first shorting bars 26 .
- the defects of the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 existing in the display region 102 and in the peripheral region 104 can be directly found out by using the test cell structure 10 to perform the defect test. And no additional process of using a laser to cut any line or element of the test cell structure 10 is needed after the defect test, such that the fabrication cost can be saved. Even more, after the chip is bonded, the first test transistors 22 , the second test transistors 24 and other elements of the test cell structure 10 can still be utilized in other following test process, such as signal testing.
- the distances of the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 in the line fan-out area 112 gradually decrease from the side near the first test area 12 to the side near the second test area 14 , resulted in that the line distances between the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 in the second test area 14 are quite smaller than those in the display region 102 , there are still enough space for setting the second test transistors 24 because the second test transistors 24 are disposed for alternate first conductive lines 108 or second conductive lines 110 in the second test area 14 , even though the pad pitch is very small, such as from 10 to 15 micrometers.
- the test cell structure 10 of the present invention with the relative connections, specific disposition positions and the correspondence relationship between the first test transistors 22 , the second test transistors 24 , the first shorting bars 26 and the second shorting bars 28 and the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 , can not only provide the test function for finding out the defects of the whole conductive lines, but also solve the problem of the disposition space of the second test transistors 24 and other elements on the display panel 100 .
- FIG. 3 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the display panel including a chip according to the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein the illustrated area of FIG. 3 is corresponding to FIG. 2 .
- the display panel 100 of the present invention further includes a chip 128 that is disposed in the chip disposition area 114 , covering at least one portion of the second test area 14 and at least one portion of the second shorting bar area 20 .
- the logic circuit in the chip 128 is electrically connected to the corresponding connecting pads 124 , 126 such that each of the connecting pads 124 , 126 electrically connects the corresponding first conductive lines 108 or the second conductive lines 110 with the chip 128 .
- connecting pads 124 , 126 are illustrated with broken lines in the chip disposition area 114 in FIG. 3 , in order to simplify and clarify the figure, while the other elements of the second test area 14 and the second shorting bar area 20 are omitted because the chip 128 covers the chip disposition area 114 .
- the display panel and test cell structure of the present invention are not limited by the aforementioned embodiment, and may have other different preferred embodiments and variant embodiments.
- the identical components in each of the following embodiment are marked with identical symbols.
- the following description will detail the dissimilarities among different embodiments and the identical features will not be redundantly described.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the test cell structure and the display panel according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- This embodiment is mostly different from the previous embodiment in that one single test cell structure 10 includes six first test transistors 22 a , 22 b , 22 c , 22 d , 22 e , 22 f , which are respectively corresponding to six first conductive lines 108 a , 108 b , 108 c , 108 d , 108 e , 108 f , to six first shorting bars 26 a , 26 b , 26 c , 26 d , 26 e , 26 f , to six second test transistors 24 a , 24 b , 24 c , 24 d , 24 e , 24 f , to six second shorting bars 28 a , 28 b , 28 c , 28 d , 28 e , 28 f and to six second conductive lines 110
- first conductive lines 108 a , 108 c , 108 e with other elements of the test cell structure 10 are similar to the first conductive lines 108 a , 108 c in the first embodiment, and those of the first conductive lines 108 b , 108 d , 108 f with other elements of the test cell structure 10 are similar to the first conductive line 108 b in the first embodiment as well.
- the test method of each conductive line may be referred to the first embodiment and will not be redundantly described herein.
- the test cell structure 10 of this embodiment may also be applied to the present invention display panel 100 , as illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- the display panel 100 may include a plurality of test cell structures 10 at the same time, arranged side by side in the peripheral region 104 of the display panel 100 .
- the amounts of the first conductive lines 108 and the second conductive lines 110 to be correspondingly tested by each test cell structure 10 can be adjusted based on the design requirement in this embodiment. Since general LC display panel adapts three kinds of pixels 122 (or sub-pixels) that produce red light, green light and blue light respectively for display images, the number of the first conductive lines 108 corresponding to one single test cell structure 10 is preferably greater than or equal to three, such as being a number of the multiple of 3, and the numbers of the second conductive lines 110 , the first test transistor 22 and the second test transistor 24 are individually equal to the number of the first conductive lines 108 , but not limited thereto.
- the numbers of the first conductive lines 108 is multiple of 4 and the numbers of the first conductive lines 108 corresponded by one single test cell structure 10 is greater than or equal to 4, such as a multiple of 4.
- the numbers of the first conductive lines 108 , the second conductive lines 110 , the first test transistors 22 and the second test transistors 24 corresponding to or included by one single test cell structure 10 may be determined according to the number of the sub-pixels of each pixel.
- the numbers of the first conductive lines 108 , the second conductive lines 110 , the first test transistors 22 and the second test transistors 24 corresponding to or included by one single test cell structure 10 is n, n+1, n+2, n+3 . . . or a multiple of n.
- test transistors of the present invention test cell structure are divided into two groups which are respectively the first test transistors disposed adjacent to the display region and the second test transistors disposed at the outer side of the line fan-out area.
- the second test transistors By electrically connecting the second test transistors to the corresponding first conductive lines and the second conductive lines, the portions of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines positioned in both the display region and the peripheral region (including the line fan-out area) can be tested for finding out if there any defect exists.
- both of the numbers of the second test transistors and the first test transistors are only a half of the total amount of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines, so as to save the disposition space. Even though the pad pitch of the connecting pads is very small in the chip disposition area, sufficient amount of second test transistors can still be disposed therein. Accordingly, the disclosure of the present invention meets the requirements of fully testing the conductive lines and solving the problem of small disposition space of testing elements at the same time.
- the fabrication cost is further saved in contrast to the conventional structure, and the testing elements of the present invention cell structure remain on the display panel can be further utilized in other following test.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a test cell structure and a display panel including the test cell structure, and more particularly, to a test cell structure and a display panel including the test cell structure that are capable of providing the defect test function of the conductive lines both in the peripheral region and in the display region simultaneously.
- 2. Description of the Prior Art
- As the development of technology, various kinds of display panels have been applied to many electronic products in daily life. Generally, a display panel includes a plurality of pixel and a plurality of conductive lines for sending signals to the pixels in order to display images. As a result, in the fabrication of display panel, it is required to test the conductive lines for finding out if there is any defect existing, such as line broken. The conventional test method is to dispose shorting lines that are electrically connected to the conductive lines in the peripheral region of the display panel, and to cut out the shorting lines by laser after the defect test process such that the display panel can operate normally. However, the aforementioned conventional test method has the disadvantage that the additional cutting process of the shorting lines cannot be omitted and the shorting lines that cannot be reused after the cutting process still occupy a certain space of the display panel. In addition, since the line distances between the conductive lines are decreased near the chip, the space near the chip is not enough of other test devices with the same numbers of the conductive lines.
- It is one of the objectives of the present invention to provide a test cell structure and a display panel including the test cell structure that the test cell structure includes first test transistors and second test transistors located indifferent areas of the display panel respectively in order to provide the function of testing the defects of the conductive lines in the peripheral region and in the display region simultaneously.
- To achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a test cell structure of a display panel, which is disposed at least in the peripheral region of the display panel, wherein the peripheral region is at least disposed at one side of the display region of the display panel, a plurality of first conductive lines and a plurality of second conductive lines extend from the display region to the peripheral region, and the amount of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines are the same. The test cell structure of the present invention includes a plurality of first test transistors disposed in a first test area, a plurality of second test transistors disposed in a second test area, and a plurality of first shorting bars. The first test transistors have drains electrically connected to the first conductive lines respectively. The first test transistors have sources electrically connected to the first shorting bars respectively. The second test transistors have sources electrically connected to the drains of the first test transistors respectively. The second test transistors have drains electrically connected to the second conductive lines respectively. In addition, the first test area is located between the second test area and the display region.
- To achieve the above objective, the present invention further provides a display panel that has a display region and a peripheral region. The display panel includes a plurality of the aforementioned test cell structures and a pixel array and a chip. The test cell structures are disposed side by side in the peripheral region. The pixel array is disposed in the display region. The first conductive lines and the second conductive lines are electrically connected to the pixel array, and the chip is electrically connected to the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines.
- These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic equivalent circuit diagram of the display panel including the test cell structure according to a first embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the test cell structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the display panel including a chip according to the first embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the test cell structure and the display panel according to a second embodiment of the present invention. - To provide a better understanding of the present invention to the skilled users in the technology of the present invention, preferred embodiments will be detailed as follows. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings with numbered elements to elaborate on the contents and effects to be achieved.
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FIG. 1 andFIG. 2 ,FIG. 1 is a schematic equivalent circuit diagram of the display panel including the test cell structures according to a first embodiment of the present invention, andFIG. 2 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the test cell structure according to the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein the detailed structure design and relative positions of the main elements of the present embodiment test cell structure are shown inFIG. 2 . The present embodiment provides adisplay panel 100 and atest cell structure 10 thereof. Thedisplay panel 100 includes asubstrate 106, wherein adisplay region 102 and aperipheral region 104 are defined thereon, and theperipheral region 104 is at least disposed at one side of thedisplay region 102. As shown inFIG. 1 , theperipheral region 104 of this embodiment is positioned below thedisplay region 102, but not limited thereto. Thedisplay panel 100 further includes a plurality of firstconductive lines 108 and a plurality of secondconductive lines 110 disposed on thesubstrate 106, extending from thedisplay region 102 to theperipheral region 104. For example, the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 extend along the direction in parallel with the first direction Y. In a preferable embodiment, the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 have the same numbers. Thedisplay panel 100 may further include a plurality of thirdconductive lines 120 that extend along a second direction X in thedisplay region 102. In this embodiment, the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 are data lines and the thirdconductive lines 120 are scan lines, thus the thirdconductive lines 120 cross each of the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 to define out a plurality of pixel areas (or called as sub-pixel areas) and thepixels 122 are disposed in the pixel areas respectively, but not limited thereto. As a result, it may be considered as that thedisplay panel 100 includes a pixel array that has a plurality ofpixels 122, electrically connected to the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110. As an example, thedisplay panel 100 of this embodiment is a liquid crystal (LC) display panel, wherein eachpixel 122 includes athin film transistor 116 and anLC capacitor 118. TheLC capacitor 118 may be composed of a common electrode, a pixel electrode and an insulating layer disposed therebetween (not shown in the figure). When thedisplay panel 100 is under operation, a common voltage is applied to the common electrode. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the drain of the correspondingthin film transistor 116. Thepixels 122 are used for producing red light, blue light or green light respectively, but not limited thereto. Thedisplay panel 100 may be other types of display panels, and the elements included by thepixels 122 are not limited to the above descriptions. In addition, thedisplay panel 100 further includes a line fan-out area 112 and achip disposition area 114 disposed in theperipheral region 104, wherein thechip disposition area 114 is the area where the chip is predetermined to be disposed, and the line fan-outarea 112 is located between thechip disposition area 114 and thedisplay region 102. The firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 extend from thedisplay region 102 to theperipheral region 104, passing through the line fan-out area 112 and entering thechip disposition area 114. There are pluralities of connectingpads chip disposition area 114. The connectingpads 124 near thedisplay region 102 are output connecting pads, each of which is electrically connected to one of the firstconductive lines 108 or one of the secondconductive lines 110 for outputting signals of the chip to the corresponding firstconductive line 108 or the secondconductive line 110. The connectingpads 126 farther from thedisplay region 102 are input connecting pads for delivering external control signals to the chip. Generally, within thedisplay region 102, any two adjacent firstconductive lines 108 and/or secondconductive lines 110 are parallel to each other in thedisplay region 102 by a constant line distance (or called line spacing), for example. However, the line distances of the portions of the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 positioned in the line fan-outarea 112 are gradually reduced from the side of the line fan-outarea 112 near thedisplay region 102 to the side of the line fan-outarea 112 near thechip disposition area 114, as shown inFIG. 2 . In other words, in the fan-out area 112, the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 are arranged side by side and not parallel to each other. Furthermore, the portions of the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 disposed in thechip disposition area 114 are parallel to each other again, while the line distances between adjacent conductive lines are much smaller than those in thedisplay region 102. For instance, the line distances of any adjacent two of the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 in thedisplay region 102 are 20 to 40 micrometers, deemed as the pixel pitch, and the line distances between the firstconductive lines 108 and/or the secondconductive lines 110 in thechip disposition area 114 may be 10 to 15 micrometers, deemed as the pad pitch. - In another aspect, the
test cell structure 10 of the present embodiment is disposed in theperipheral region 104 of thedisplay panel 100 for testing if there are conductive line defects in thedisplay panel 100. In this embodiment, the test to the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 will be described as an example. Thedisplay panel 100 of this embodiment includes a plurality oftest cell structures 10 sequentially arranged side by side in theperipheral region 104. In order to provide a simple and clear figure,FIG. 1 only illustrates twotest cell structures 10, while the relative positions and connections of each element of thetest cell structure 10 may be referred toFIG. 2 . Basically, thetest cell structure 10 of the present embodiment includes thefirst test area 12 and thesecond test area 14, and may selectively further include the first shortingbar area 16 and the second shortingbar area 20. Thefirst test area 12 is positioned between thesecond test area 14 and thedisplay region 102. The firstshorting bar area 16 is positioned between thefirst test area 12 and thesecond test area 14. The secondshorting bar area 20 is positioned at the outer side of thesecond test area 14, which means thesecond test area 14 is positioned between the second shortingbar area 20 and thefirst test area 12. In this embodiment, thesecond test area 14 and the second shortingbar area 20 are disposed in thechip disposition area 114 of thedisplay panel 100, but not limited thereto. In addition, the line fan-outarea 112 is positioned between thefirst test area 12 and thesecond test area 14. Taking the most lefttest cell structure 10 as an example, one singletest cell structure 10 includes a plurality offirst test transistors 22, a plurality of first shorting bars 26 and a plurality ofsecond test transistors 24 disposed in thefirst test area 12, the first shortingbar area 16 and thesecond test area 14 respectively, wherein thefirst test transistors 22 and thesecond test transistors 24 may be, for instance, thin film transistors, whose film-stacked structures maybe similar to thethin film transistors 116 in thepixels 122. Thefirst test transistors 22 are preferably positioned between thesecond test transistors 24 and thedisplay region 102. Furthermore, thetest cell structure 10 of this embodiment may further selectively include a firsttest gate line 30 and a secondtest gate line 32 disposed in thefirst test area 12 and thesecond test area 14 respectively, wherein portions of the firsttest gate line 30 and the secondtest gate line 32 respectively serve as the gates of thefirst test transistor 22 and thesecond test transistor 24 respectively. According to the present embodiment, each of thefirst test transistors 22 includes asource 221, adrain 222, asemiconductor channel layer 223 and a gate (a portion of the first test gate line 30), wherein thedrain 222 of eachfirst test transistor 22 is electrically connected to the corresponding firstconductive line 108, and thesource 221 of eachfirst test transistor 22 is electrically connected to the corresponding first shortingbar 26. In addition, each of thesecond test transistors 24 includes asource 241, adrain 242, asemiconductor channel layer 243 and a gate (a portion of the second test gate line 32), wherein thesource 241 of eachsecond test transistor 24 is electrically connected to thedrain 222 of the correspondingfirst test transistor 22, and eachdrain 242 is electrically connected to the secondconductive line 110. In addition, thetest cell structure 10 may selectively further include a plurality of second shorting bars 28. Each of the second shorting bars 28 electrically connects thedrain 242 of the correspondingsecond test transistor 24 and the corresponding secondconductive line 110, or electrically connects thedrain 222 of the correspondingfirst test transistor 22 and thesource 241 of the correspondingsecond test transistor 24. In other words, thedrains 242 of somesecond test transistors 24 are electrically connected to their corresponding secondconductive lines 110 through their corresponding second shorting bars 28, and thedrains 222 of somefirst test transistors 22 are electrically connected to thesources 241 of their correspondingsecond test transistors 24 through their corresponding second shorting bars 28. - The relative electric connections of the elements of the
test cell structure 10 will be further described in the following. In order to clearly explain, the first one to the third one of the firstconductive lines 108 from the left side inFIG. 2 are represented by thenumerals conductive lines 110 from the left side inFIG. 2 are represented by thenumerals conductive line 108 a is the most left (the 1st left) firstconductive line 108 of thetest cell structure 10; the firstconductive line 108 b is the second left (the 2nd left) first conductive line of thetest cell structure 10, etc. As an example, the 1st left firstconductive line 108 a and the 1st left secondconductive line 110 a are respectively corresponding to thepixels 122 for producing the first kind of three primary lights, such as red light; the 2nd left firstconductive line 108 b and the 2nd left secondconductive line 110 b are respectively corresponding to thepixels 122 for producing the second kind of three primary lights, such as green light; and the 3rd left firstconductive line 108 c and the 3rd left secondconductive line 110 c are respectively corresponding to thepixels 122 for producing the third kind of three primary lights, such as blue light. Therefore, both the 1st left firstconductive line 108 a and the 1st left secondconductive line 110 a with the first order (the 1st left ones) are corresponding to thepixels 122 that produce the same color light, both the firstconductive line 108 b and the secondconductive line 110 b with the second order (the 2nd left ones) are corresponding to thepixels 122 that produce the same color light, and both the firstconductive line 108 c and the secondconductive line 110 c with the third order (the 3rd left ones) are corresponding to thepixels 122 that produce the same color light, but not limited thereto. In addition, the first shorting bars 26 corresponding and electrically connected to the firstconductive lines numerals conductive lines numerals first test transistors 22 corresponding and electrically connected to the firstconductive lines numerals conductive lines second test transistor 24 a, the 2nd leftsecond test transistor 24 b and the 3rd leftsecond test transistor 24 c. Regarding the elements corresponding to the 1st left firstconductive line 108 a, thedrain 222 of thefirst test transistor 22 a is electrically connected to the firstconductive line 108 a and to thesource 241 of thesecond test transistor 24 a at the same time, wherein thedrain 222 of thefirst test transistor 22 a is electrically connected to thesource 241 of thesecond test transistor 24 a by the firstconductive line 108 a that extends downward, passing through the line fan-outarea 112 and entering thesecond test area 14, while thedrain 242 of thesecond test transistor 24 a is electrically connected to the second shortingbar 28 a and further electrically connected to the 1st left secondconductive line 110 a through the second shortingbar 28 a. As a result, the secondconductive line 110 a is corresponding to the firstconductive lines 108 a. When performing the defect test, thefirst test transistor 22 a and thesecond test transistor 24 a can be turned on at the same time by providing switch voltages to the firsttest gate line 30 and the secondtest gate line 32 respectively and providing a test signal to the first shortingbar 26 a. In such situation, the test signal is delivered through thedrain 222 of thefirst test transistor 22 a to the firstconductive line 108 a and thesource 241 of thesecond test transistor 24 a, passing through thedrain 242 of thesecond test transistor 24 a and the second shortingbar 28 a and then to the corresponding secondconductive line 110 a. At this time, if the firstconductive line 108 a displays as a dark line, then the defect exists in the portion of the firstconductive line 108 a positioned from thefirst test transistor 22 a to thedisplay region 102. In another aspect, if the secondconductive line 110 a displays as a dark line when thefirst test transistor 22 a and thesecond test transistor 24 a are turned on, then the defect may exist in the portion of the secondconductive line 110 a positioned in thedisplay region 102 or in the line fan-outarea 112, or exist in the portion of the firstconductive line 108 a positioned in the line fan-outarea 112. Regarding the 2nd left firstconductive line 108 b and its corresponding elements, thedrain 222 of thefirst test transistor 22 b is electrically connected to the firstconductive line 108 b and electrically connected to the second shortingbar 28 b by the firstconductive line 108 b that extends downward to sequentially pass through the line fan-outarea 112 and thesecond test area 14 and enter the second shortingbar area 20. And thedrain 222 of thefirst test transistor 22 b is further electrically connected to thesource 241 of thesecond test transistor 24 b through the second shortingbar 28 b. In another aspect, thedrain 242 of thesecond test transistor 24 b is electrically connected to its corresponding secondconductive line 110 b, the 2nd left one. Therefore, the secondconductive line 110 b is corresponding to the firstconductive line 108 b. It should be noted that the subjects thesource 241 and drain 242 of thesecond test transistor 24 b electrically connected to are different from those of thesecond test transistor 24 a. Accordingly, when performing the defect test, thefirst test transistor 22 b and thesecond test transistor 24 b can be turned on at the same time by respectively providing switch voltages to the firsttest gate line 30 and the secondtest gate line 32 and providing the test signal to the first shortingbar 26 b such that the test signal can be delivered to the firstconductive line 108 b and the second shortingbar 28 b from thedrain 222 of thefirst test transistor 22 b, and then to thesource 241 of thesecond test transistor 24 b through the second shortingbar 28 b. As thesecond test transistor 24 b is turned on, itsdrain 241 can receive the test signal and then further deliver it to the secondconductive line 110 b. At this time, if the firstconductive line 108 b displays as a dark line, then the defect exists in the portion of the firstconductive line 108 b positioned from thefirst test transistor 22 a to thedisplay region 102. On the other hand, if the secondconductive line 110 b displays as a dark line, then the defect may exist in the portion of the secondconductive line 110 b in thedisplay region 102 or in the line fan-outarea 112, or the defect may exist in the portion of the firstconductive line 108 b in the line fan-outarea 112. In addition, the relative electrical connection of the 3rd left firstconductive line 108 c and its corresponding elements of thetest cell structure 10 in this embodiment is similar to that of the 1st left firstconductive line 108 a, thus further detailed description will not be provided redundantly. As a result, since each of thefirst test transistors 22 and each of thesecond test transistors 24 are corresponding to one firstconductive line 108 and one secondconductive line 110 respectively, thefirst test transistors 22 and thesecond test transistors 24 have the same numbers as the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 that are predetermined to be tested in the same singletest cell structure 10. Furthermore, the numbers of the first shorting bars 26 and the second shorting bars 28 are also the same as the numbers of thefirst test transistors 22 in the same singletest cell structure 10. However, it should be noted that thedisplay panel 10 may include a plurality of thetest cell structure 10 of this embodiment at the same time and the first shorting bars 26 may be common for all thetest cell structures 10, such that the total amount of the first shorting bars 26 are only three in thedisplay panel 100 of this embodiment, which is equal to the amount of thefirst test transistors 22 in eachtest cell structure 10. In another aspect, all thetest cell structures 10 has three second shorting bars 28 respectively, and therefore the total amount of the second shorting bars 28 in thedisplay panel 100 is greater than the total amount of the first shorting bars 26. - From the above, by the way of disposing the
first test transistors 22, thesecond test transistors 24 and the first shorting bars 26 and other collocation elements of thetest cell structure 10, the defects of the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 existing in thedisplay region 102 and in the peripheral region 104 (including the line fan-out area 112) can be directly found out by using thetest cell structure 10 to perform the defect test. And no additional process of using a laser to cut any line or element of thetest cell structure 10 is needed after the defect test, such that the fabrication cost can be saved. Even more, after the chip is bonded, thefirst test transistors 22, thesecond test transistors 24 and other elements of thetest cell structure 10 can still be utilized in other following test process, such as signal testing. In addition, although the distances of the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 in the line fan-outarea 112 gradually decrease from the side near thefirst test area 12 to the side near thesecond test area 14, resulted in that the line distances between the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 in thesecond test area 14 are quite smaller than those in thedisplay region 102, there are still enough space for setting thesecond test transistors 24 because thesecond test transistors 24 are disposed for alternate firstconductive lines 108 or secondconductive lines 110 in thesecond test area 14, even though the pad pitch is very small, such as from 10 to 15 micrometers. Accordingly, thetest cell structure 10 of the present invention, with the relative connections, specific disposition positions and the correspondence relationship between thefirst test transistors 22, thesecond test transistors 24, the first shorting bars 26 and the second shorting bars 28 and the firstconductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110, can not only provide the test function for finding out the defects of the whole conductive lines, but also solve the problem of the disposition space of thesecond test transistors 24 and other elements on thedisplay panel 100. - Referring to
FIG. 3 ,FIG. 3 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the display panel including a chip according to the first embodiment of the present invention, wherein the illustrated area ofFIG. 3 is corresponding toFIG. 2 . InFIG. 3 , thedisplay panel 100 of the present invention further includes achip 128 that is disposed in thechip disposition area 114, covering at least one portion of thesecond test area 14 and at least one portion of the second shortingbar area 20. The logic circuit in thechip 128 is electrically connected to the corresponding connectingpads pads conductive lines 108 or the secondconductive lines 110 with thechip 128. It should be noted that only the connectingpads chip disposition area 114 inFIG. 3 , in order to simplify and clarify the figure, while the other elements of thesecond test area 14 and the second shortingbar area 20 are omitted because thechip 128 covers thechip disposition area 114. - The display panel and test cell structure of the present invention are not limited by the aforementioned embodiment, and may have other different preferred embodiments and variant embodiments. To simplify the description, the identical components in each of the following embodiment are marked with identical symbols. For making it easier to compare the difference between the embodiments, the following description will detail the dissimilarities among different embodiments and the identical features will not be redundantly described.
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FIG. 4 ,FIG. 4 is a schematic partial enlargement diagram of the test cell structure and the display panel according to a second embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is mostly different from the previous embodiment in that one singletest cell structure 10 includes sixfirst test transistors conductive lines second test transistors conductive lines conductive lines test cell structure 10 are similar to the firstconductive lines conductive lines test cell structure 10 are similar to the firstconductive line 108 b in the first embodiment as well. Similarly, the test method of each conductive line may be referred to the first embodiment and will not be redundantly described herein. In addition, thetest cell structure 10 of this embodiment may also be applied to the presentinvention display panel 100, as illustrated inFIG. 1 . For example, thedisplay panel 100 may include a plurality oftest cell structures 10 at the same time, arranged side by side in theperipheral region 104 of thedisplay panel 100. - It should be noted that the amounts of the first
conductive lines 108 and the secondconductive lines 110 to be correspondingly tested by eachtest cell structure 10 can be adjusted based on the design requirement in this embodiment. Since general LC display panel adapts three kinds of pixels 122 (or sub-pixels) that produce red light, green light and blue light respectively for display images, the number of the firstconductive lines 108 corresponding to one singletest cell structure 10 is preferably greater than or equal to three, such as being a number of the multiple of 3, and the numbers of the secondconductive lines 110, thefirst test transistor 22 and thesecond test transistor 24 are individually equal to the number of the firstconductive lines 108, but not limited thereto. For example, if the pixels (or sub-pixels) are designed to include four kinds for producing red light, green light, blue light and white light respectively, then the number of the firstconductive lines 108 is multiple of 4 and the numbers of the firstconductive lines 108 corresponded by one singletest cell structure 10 is greater than or equal to 4, such as a multiple of 4. Based on the spirit of the present invention, the numbers of the firstconductive lines 108, the secondconductive lines 110, thefirst test transistors 22 and thesecond test transistors 24 corresponding to or included by one singletest cell structure 10 may be determined according to the number of the sub-pixels of each pixel. For example, when each pixel is composed of n numbers of sub-pixels, the numbers of the firstconductive lines 108, the secondconductive lines 110, thefirst test transistors 22 and thesecond test transistors 24 corresponding to or included by one singletest cell structure 10 is n, n+1, n+2, n+3 . . . or a multiple of n. - As mentioned above, the test transistors of the present invention test cell structure are divided into two groups which are respectively the first test transistors disposed adjacent to the display region and the second test transistors disposed at the outer side of the line fan-out area. By electrically connecting the second test transistors to the corresponding first conductive lines and the second conductive lines, the portions of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines positioned in both the display region and the peripheral region (including the line fan-out area) can be tested for finding out if there any defect exists. In addition, according to the disclosed relative connections of all the elements of the present invention test cell structure, both of the numbers of the second test transistors and the first test transistors are only a half of the total amount of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines, so as to save the disposition space. Even though the pad pitch of the connecting pads is very small in the chip disposition area, sufficient amount of second test transistors can still be disposed therein. Accordingly, the disclosure of the present invention meets the requirements of fully testing the conductive lines and solving the problem of small disposition space of testing elements at the same time. In addition, after the defect test, it is not needed to additionally carry out a laser cut to the shorting lines or shorting bars on the display panel including the present invention test cell structure, thus the fabrication cost is further saved in contrast to the conventional structure, and the testing elements of the present invention cell structure remain on the display panel can be further utilized in other following test.
- Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.
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